Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends?

• KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Most game shops host some games that are open to people signing up.

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  • Spot@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Our local libraries do this too! They are free but waaay less rowdy than others I’ve tried (i loke a lol rowdy). And, usually One and Done campaigns. Do double check if you do see your library has them, ours do adult and teen in different groups.

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• Carrolade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If you want to start an irl group, yeah. If you’re joining an existing group, no though. Fully online is obviously the easiest place to find groups looking for players, but you can also head down to your local gaming store. I’ve seen bulletin boards before with flyers looking for players, but can probably just ask the people working there if they know of any.

  Could also check online forums for your local community, maybe even make a post asking if any gaming groups have openings for irl players.

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• dukeofdummies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  there are actually lots of groups that attempt to rectify this exact problem.

  Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG that has a large following and focuses on the ability to jump in and out of groups and games.

  Find your nearest game store and see what hobbies show up there. There might be a Warhammer group, DnD, starwars miniatures, magic, or maybe just random board games.

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• conditional_soup@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  IIRC, you can get into public games on roll20. I also know Lemmy has an instance dedicated to TTRPGs; do they have any kind of game matchup community?

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• Libra@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You can play with online friends with a virtual tabletop like Roll20 or Foundry and voice chat like Discord. I’m in 4 games a week and all of them are online. I mentioned in another comment, but Roll20 has an LFG section taht lets you search by game systems, time, whether or not they welcome new players, etc. I’ve met tons of people this way.

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